2018-19 revenues: FC Barcelona leads the Deloitte Football Money League for the first time

With a record turnover of €840.8m in 2018-19, FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) are ranked first in the Deloitte Football Money League 2020, published by the UK branch of the audit and consultancy firm Deloitte on 14/01/2020.

The Catalan club takes the lead in this ranking for the first time and becomes the very first club to break the €800m revenue mark. Barça succeeds Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), second with €757.3m, which was at the top of the Football Money League rankings in 2019. Manchester United FC (Premier League) completes the podium with €711.5m.

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga, €660.1m) are fourth in the ranking, as in 2019, followed by Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama, €635.9m) in fifth. Manchester City FC (Premier League, €610.6m) have dropped from fifth to sixth place, while the winners of the 2018-19 Champions League Liverpool FC (Premier League, €604.7m) hold seventh place.

Total revenue of the Top 20 clubs (€9.3bn) up 11% in 2018-19

• In total, the Top 20 clubs in the Football Money League accumulated €9.283bn in revenue in 2018-19, +11.2% (€939m) compared…